PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Kuroiwa, Y
AU  - Celesia, G G
AU  - Chung, H D
TI  - Periodic EEG discharges and status spongiosus of the cerebral cortex in anoxic encephalopathy: a necropsy case report.
AID  - 10.1136/jnnp.45.8.740
DP  - 1982 Aug 01
TA  - Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
PG  - 740--742
VI  - 45
IP  - 8
4099  - http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/45/8/740.short
4100  - http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/45/8/740.full
SO  - J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry1982 Aug 01; 45
AB  - A periodic EEG pattern very similar to the changes in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease was seen in a case of anoxic encephalopathy. Necropsy revealed status spongiosus of the cerebral cortex. Generalised repetitive sharp transients in anoxic encephalopathy occur when the patient is comatose and carry a poor prognosis. They are not specific for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.